U.S amateur boxing

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The countdown is on for USA Boxing’s World Championships squad as they prepare to depart for the 2011 AIBA Men’s World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. The World Championships hold additional importance in 2011, serving as the first international Olympic qualifier for the London Olympics. The 10-man team opened training camp at [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Forty of the nation’s top boxers moved one step closer to earning a 2011 National Golden Gloves title with a quarterfinal victory on Thursday night at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Thursday’s victors advanced to the semifinal round, which will be contested on Friday night.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2011 National Golden Gloves competition moved into day two on Tuesday evening as the remaining five weight divisions took part in preliminary round action at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2011 National Golden Gloves Championships kicked off the 2011 edition of the event tonight at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over 50 bouts of competition opened the annual event with boxing taking place in the light flyweight, bantamweight, light welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight divisions.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three of the United States’ elite female athletes will test their skills against 16 of the world’s top nations at the Feliks Stamm Tournament in Warsaw, Poland, April 6-8. 2010 USA Boxing National Championships silver medalist Tyrieshia Douglas (Baltimore, Md.), 2010 National PAL Champion Stephanie Han (El Paso, Texas) and 2009 [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – While the current stars of Olympic-style boxing prepare for a run at the 2012 Olympic Games, the sport’s future champions will vie for a highly coveted Junior National Championship, July 12-17 at the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Ala. The 2011 USA Boxing Junior National Championships will mark the 40th anniversary [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – USA Boxing President Harold Adonis and the Board of Directors, has selected long-time Olympic and sports administrator, Anthony Bartkowski (Colorado Springs, Colo.) to serve as the organization’s next Executive Director. He has served as Interim Executive Director since October 15, 2010, but will now lead the organization in a permanent capacity. [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Steve Geffrard (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Andrecia Wasson have been named USA Boxing’s 2010 Male and Female Athletes of the Year following their outstanding performances in 2010. Geffrard claimed gold medals in every major national championship in 2010, surprising many of the well-known names and defending champions along the way. Wasson [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Team USA will return to international action in a dual competition against Puerto Rico on December 3 at the Cosme Behitía Coliseum in Cataño, Puerto Rico. A squad made up of 10 male athletes and one lightweight female competitor from the United States will take on an elite team from Puerto [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Team USA took part in the second half of their swing through France, November 26-27 at the Four Nations Tournament in Berck Sur Mer, France, and they made their journey a victorious one with 10 medals in the international event. Bantamweight Roman Morales (San Ardo, Calif.) and welterweight Errol Spence (Desoto, [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – USA Boxing’s male athlete selection procedures for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games have been approved by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Team Selection Working Group. The Olympic selection procedures dictate the road each male athlete must navigate in order to earn a berth on the 2012 Olympic Team.

(MEMPHIS, TENN.) – The city of Memphis has been selected as one of three U.S. cities to host a franchise for the World Series of Boxing (WSB), a revolutionary new boxing concept created by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). Memphis is one of 12 international cities to be named a WSB Franchise host and [...]

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – The final four 2010 PAL National Championships bouts took place on Sunday as four men’s open division boxers earned berths in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Final round action was contested in the lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions at the Municipal Auditorium in the final tournament session on Sunday.

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – The National PAL Championships completed their final full day of competition on Saturday with over 60 bouts in the numerous age groups and weight divisions at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. Six men punched their tickets for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials with final round wins on Friday night. [...]

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – The finalists were set in the junior divisions, women’s weight classes and six open men’s weight classes in Friday’s action at the 2010 National PAL Championships in San Antonio. Once again, the junior boxers kicked off the competition at the Municipal Auditorium with 60 bouts of male and female action in [...]

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – The men’s open division enjoyed the full spotlight on Thursday night with 56 bouts of action at the 2010 National PAL Championships in San Antonio, Texas. All of the men’s open division winners will earn a berth in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the intensity of Thursday’s bouts clearly indicated [...]

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – The junior division stole the show in the opening session of Thursday’s competition at the National PAL Championships, which showcased quarterfinal action in the junior and female divisions at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. The 11 and 12-year-old division made its first appearance in San Antonio with seven bouts [...]

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – Junior division and women’s competition began on Wednesday the 2010 National PAL Championships at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. They joined the men’s open division, which moved into day three of competition on Texas.

(SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) – National PAL Championships competition moved into day two on Tuesday with two full sessions of men’s open division competition. Preliminary round competition was contested in the bantamweight and lightweight divisions in the opening session of the day with 30 boxers moving one win closer to an Olympic Trials berth. The evening [...]

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(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The visiting squad won a slim one bout victory over the United States on Friday night in New York City, with China claiming seven wins to six by the home team on Empires Collide, the USA vs. China Duel. The two nations faced off in international action at Capitale in New [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The United States squad has completed their week-long training camp and will test their skills against China tonight on Empires Collide, an international duel event in New York’s Chinatown. Due to injuries to the Chinese representatives in the flyweight and heavyweight divisions, there will be 11 bouts of action on Friday [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – With the 2012 Olympic Games quickly approaching, the nation’s top Olympic-style boxers will officially kick off the journey to London at the 2010 National PAL Championships in San Antonio, Texas, October 4-9. The annual national championship event will serve as the first Olympic Trials qualifier for the open division male competitors [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y.) – The 13-person squad of elite U.S. Olympic-style boxers will close their training camp for “Empires Collide” – a USA vs. China Dual with an open workout on Thursday, September 30th at Noon at the Lafayette location of Crunch in New York. The U.S. team, which is made of 10 men and [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Team USA will return to international boxing action on October 1 in “Empires Collide”, a dual match with China, on October 1, at Capitale in New York, N.Y. The 13-bout event will feature all the Olympic boxing weight classes, with 10 men’s matches and three women’s contests in a potential preview [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Eighteen-year-old Andrecia Wasson (Center Line, Mich.) claimed the first women’s world title nearly a decade for the United States with a victory in final round action on Saturday in Bridgetown, Barbados. Wasson closed her first ever World Championships with a nail biter victory over familiar foe, Savannah Marshall of England. Marshall [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The women of Team USA continued their success with three victories on Wednesday at the 2010 Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados. Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.), light welterweight Cashmere Jackson (Cleveland, Ohio), and welterweight Andrecia Wasson (Center Line, Mich.) all recorded quarterfinal wins at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex to [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Just 48 hours after her dramatic upset victory over a defending World Champion, flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss at the Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados. Esparza took on Thailand’s Peamwilai Laopeam in the lone bout for the United States’ team in Tuesday’s action at the [...]